Vegetable production and practices
This textbook brings the science and practice of vegetable production up to date by addressing modern culture techniques and the recent challenges of consumer demand facing producers today. It introduces vegetable production from the perspective of producing high quality produce that satisfies the needs of the modern consumer.
ix, 476 pàgines : il·lustracions ; 26 cm
9781780645346, 1780645341
1120545758
1: Vegetable History, Nomenclature, and Classification 2: Tillage and Cropping Systems 3: Vegetable Seeds and Crop Establishment 4: Fertilization and Mineral Nutrition Requirements for Growing Vegetables 5: Irrigation of Vegetable Crops 6: Mulches 7: Protected Culture 8: Organic and Sustainable Vegetable Production 9: Vegetable Safety 10: Family Cucurbitaceae 11: Family Solanaceae 12: Family Asteraceae 13: Family Poaceae 14: Family Amaryllidaceae, Subfamily Allioideae 15: Family Convolvulaceae 16: Family Brassicaceae 17: Family Amaranthaceae, Subfamily Chenopodiaceae 18: Family Asparagaceae 19: Family Polygonaceae 20: Family Fabaceae 21: Family Apiaceae 22: Family Agaricaceae